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Modest Negotiations Progress Made
The APSCUF and PASSHE negotiations teams met today, Thursday, August 23, at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg. Modest progress was made as PASSHE presented a wage proposal that was closer to the AFSCME pattern and APSCUF offered a health care proposal. However, the two...
Update on “Keep Tuition Affordable” legislation hearing
Harrisburg, Pa — APSCUF Vice President Ken Mash testified at a House State Government Committee hearing on Wednesday, August 15, against four pieces of legislation that would eliminate faculty sabbaticals, end tuition waivers for relatives of employees at PASSHE...
Paul Ryan’s plan for higher education
Today Inside Higher Ed released a report on Paul Ryan's views on higher education. Ryan, if you haven't heard, was picked Saturday by Mitt Romney to be his vice presidential candidate. The takeway from the article: Ryan is in favor of bringing back bank-based...
A primer on the “statewide pattern”
In the past two “statements” from the faculty negotiations team to membership, we have referenced the state “pattern.” After multiple questions about what this is, we thought we’d put this primer out for your information. In June 2011, a week before the expiration of...
PASSHE refuses fair compensation for faculty
The APSCUF and PASSHE negotiations teams were scheduled to meet multiple times this week. However, late last week PASSHE’s chief negotiator informed APSCUF that the System would not offer to the faculty the same economic proposal that Governor Corbett agreed to with...
Pennsylvania colleges and universities face difficulty providing students with proper voting IDs
Harrisburg, Pa – Pennsylvania could lose more than 758,000 votes for the upcoming November election with the passing of the new voter ID law that requires voters to present a photo identification card. Of the acceptable forms of identification, college IDs make the...
APSCUF vice-president addresses Gov. Corbett’s post-secondary education commission
Wilkes-Barre, Pa — On Thursday APSCUF Vice-President Ken Mash participated in a public meeting of Gov. Corbett’s post-secondary education commission, addressing the lack of faculty and student representation from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education on...
PASSHE delays tuition decision, schedules July meeting
Today the PASSHE Board of Governor’s met in their regularly scheduled, quarterly session and the big news is they did NOT move on 2012-13 tuition. Instead, they put that decision off until a newly scheduled July 12th meeting. The highlight of the session that was...